Here’s a possibly one-of-a-kind Gibson tenor guitar, never catalogued, from the mid 1820s. With it’s cremona brown sunburst, this rare archtop, oval hole instrument was played by my pal Tyler Jackson on our “Tenor...

The Gibson Style R Harp Guitar, with its natural finish and deluxe appointments, was their first such instrument, only listed in the 1902 catalog. The Style Rs are distinguished by their glued-on pin bridges with an...